They’re based in Singapore if I recall correctly. But I’d hold off on this as you seem to need to use your money for more important things.
I haven’t spent any money for myself for a long time. I couldn’t even spend 2000nt on myself. If it didn’t go towards rent, food, medical treatments, it went towards improving the business.
Have you tried MyHeritage?
I don’t know how serious Shao was with his
comment, or whether he’s read any of the threads where you explain it. 
In my opinion Taiwan encompasses both Chinese culture and civilisation, diversity, democracy and the rule of law.
And undoubtedly the culinary delights are yummylicious!!!
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what your point is. Mine was that they are in charge. I didn’t think that was in dispute.
I do not understand why people like the food here. Maybe it’s just my palate, but I find the food incredibly bland. It’s my second least favorite thing after the weather.
I guess you never tried some of their really flavorful foods?
Chinese buffets don’t count
Chinese and French cuisines are ranked the best on the planet, in my mind.
As for the climate of Taiwan, in my opinion, it is more comfortable in terms of temperature and humidity except for typhoons than other parts of the world. For example, as you move closer to the equator it is definitely much hotter while in the northern hemisphere the low humidity is undesirable for the skin which is the largest human organ.
No, they are not. They are barely holding the reins through democratic election, but the power, they real power, rests with the elite, which is mostly bkue/waushengren/abroad. The exile elite. The business cadres. There are a few locals with significant economic power, bestowed to them after the KMT nearly wiped/decaputated the local elites in 49 and beyond.
Taiwan is a colony and has always been treated as that, like Hong Kong. From a Latin American perspective it is clearer because the «pure» blood are in charge and promote that master superior race mentality, which you can also coincidentally see being promoted by China’s CCP as a polite tool to drive a further wage with the West, strengthen its power and demonize democracy.
So you have the idea taught here of a unified, monochrome China, in textbooks and history. The aboriginals were mere tools to weaken local factions and useful pawns through the client state fostered during KMT rule.
This client state still rules, in the form of tests for public service up to the agricultural associations - remember that is how Korean Fish got to power. That is why blues loath people like Lee Teng-hui and Tsai. If you notice, they use the words traitors a lot. That is because they allowed them to rise through the ranks of government yet they «turned on them, betrayed their loyalty to the party/China».
From the inside of a government institution, it becomes clearer that nepotism is the only way to advance. Tests may get you in, to get the content you need connections, to get to higher rank you mustcan have right pedigree. If not, you won’t get that far and anyways must prove your loyalty. Then you might be rewarded. You already get a lot of benefits and stand at the front of the line from your position. And yes, many DPP have learned and enjoyed this life, but not in the numbers nor with the hand picking of the blues.
To make matters worse, now we have the resentful bunch who hate Tsai and DPP because«they stole our money», meaning the 18%. These are also the ones against measures to restrict NHI to people who do not live here, especially if they live in China. They paid their dues, they want their cake.
The interference and treachery were worse during Chen’s years. Now you have more diversity but the elite has too many people at their service, can run a real sabotage from inside.
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I’ve lived here on and off for 17 years. I haven’t eaten everything everywhere, but I’ve eaten a lot. I just don’t care for it.
I might get hated for this, but I think I liked the food much better in China than here. A lot of it is the same, but what is the same are the things I didn’t like. China was a long time ago and I was tasting something very different for the first time, so maybe my tastes have changed. I don’t understand why people are willing to stand in long lines for food that’s a bit better than other places that sell similar food. I’m sure people here love it, some of them hate the food I like. It’s just not for my palate. Thankfully, there are a lot of international restaurants in the larger cities here.
Canadian youtuber Prozzie (now living in Taichung, if I recall correctly) agrees with you—you are not alone.
My take on the food scene in Taipei over the past decade is that the international offerings have been getting better while the local offerings have not. This may change in the future, but that’s how I see it now.
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couldn’t agree less. the humidity here is just OTT. i don’t have a problem with dry hot. but wet hot, its just not practical.
There’s a line they (the Party) have about Hong Kong. They don’t put it in terms of genetics but something like “of course the tycoons control the system, they’re the smart people”. They’ve said it publicly (in the last few years), though I recall seeing it reported only once.
That’s not always true. 
This is the type of synthesis we should be promoting.
This is not what I call synthesis. This is what I call using a showpiece. Maybe even exploitation. If China had a bunch of happy Tibetans in national dress singing at the Olympics it would be called propaganda. All the world news would show is their poverty. I’m sure these Indigenous and those theoretical Tibetans have got marketable skills and can make in in the country their ancestors found themselves in, but the rest?
You’re equating treatment of aboriginals to Chinese treatment of Tibetans? Seriously?
Aboriginals need to be treated better, but the DPP has done the most. The indigenous qualify for scholarships and more funding than the average Taiwanese, and Tsai issued a formal apology. Their symbols (with their permission) should be elevated to the fore, because Taiwan is aboriginal land. That’s not incongruent with better treatment.
No, I’m comparing two things. They are very much not equal. Taiwan Indigenous have, in most cases, better lives. Better is not good. The same if the US exploited Native Americans for some sort of American distinctiveness. The gov’t would say they got the permission of some well-off tribal leaders, and some would talk about oil pipelines on sacred land, and white people would say they have casinos, and many of them would still be living in worse poverty than the average American. And if someone called it synthesis all the NAs would laugh.
I was trying to bring the conversation back to China since that’s part of the half the topic.
Cool. What’s their average performance in primary and secondary education compared to that of other Taiwanese? What are the average salaries of Indigenous graduates compared to other Taiwanese?
Symbolism without substance.
Was.
Unless you’re one of those who say most Taiwanese are mostly genetically indigenous, in which case I’d say using junk science makes everything else you and those who say that look ridiculous. But if you’re not saying that, then: was.
I get tired of repeating myself and it’s not the topic, so I’ll say this once more and drop it. Since around 2004, it has been my opinion that the two DPP administrations and many who promote a hard-line Taiwanese distinctiveness from China have used the Indigenous Taiwanese, the poorest segment of the population, as a political tool. I find these actions exploitative.
I go hiking on occasion, and in the past couple of years I’ve passed through some of the same places as I did when ABian was in power. If any money from the singers, the dancers, and the gift stores is helping, it doesn’t show. I’m sure someone is living better, but many aren’t.
But, it’s true, overall things have gotten better as was needed for the DPP to look good, but exploitation with benefits is still exploitation.
I don’t have any special connection to Taiwanese Indigenous aside from prehistoric cousins. Still, it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth when I see their culture used, displayed, and sold for tourist profit.
I’ve seen how poorer indigenous peoples are exploited in other countries and I didn’t like it there either. Here, it’s done with a political purpose, and I like it less.
There, I’m done with this point.
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Human history is full of indignities!
Most Taiwanese are genetically aboriginal. Most Taiwanese are not mostly aboriginal, 85% of us have at least some.